Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-05
General lleps.
DOMESTIC.

a barrel of beer burst at Fall River
Friday and killed a man.
The public debt decrease for May is
estimated at ten millions.
Fires at Brooklyn Saturday night and
Sunday destroyed S350,0O0 worth of
property.
There was big torchlight procession
in Montreal last Friday night in honor of
William O'Brien.
For the first time in many years the
Rhode Island Democrats Tuesday inaug-
urated their governor.
Forty-three stowaways were found on
steamer which arrived at Quebec the
other day from Liverpool.
a boiler explosion at Natchez, Miss,
Saturday killed and wounded many en-
plOyees in a cotton factory.
Senator Sherman is at Springfield. H..
and Wednesday addressed the Legisla
ture upon the political issues of the day.
President Cleveland and his private
secretary caught 200 brook trout Tues
day the largest weighing half pound.
The interior department is experiencing
much difficulty in enforcing the new law
allotting lands in severalty to the Indians.
Recent heavy losses have necessitated
the winding up Of the Sullivan County
Mutual Fire Insurance company of New
port, y. II.
Those in Il position to know whereof
they speak do not think it at all probable
that an extra session of Congress will be
called in October.
Southern and Western men carried of
nearly all the prizes offered to militiamen
at the Washington drill of the mlitiamen
of the country. held last week.
n Fire Friday morning destroyed the
Belt Line horse car stables in New York
together with 1000 horses. lots of cars
and other property. The loss is estmat
ed at 81 100000.
William O'Brien arrived in Boston
sunday morning, and was escorted to the
Parker House by Il crowd of admirers.
In the evening he spoke before Il crowded
house in the Boston Theatre.
The commissioner of agriculture has
adopted precautions to prevent the spread
of plcuro-pneunonia by declaring qua all
tines against infected counties in Illinois.
Maryland. New York and Scotland.
with great railway corporations suggests
the probability that the federal govern
ment may commence "A suit to decide the
question of the ownership of the lake
front.
Burglars entered DR.. De CRAFTS house
at lIoboken. y. j. Saturday night by
cutting out door panel. forced open a
safe and carried of 500 in money. S21OU
in Adams Express bonds and sl5.0OU
worth of >ilvcrwarc.
1t is estimated that the forest fires in
northern Michigan the past fortnight
have caused Il loss of 81 100000 including
the $4,000 900 worth of property destroy
ed in Lake Linden village. Eight lives
are known to have been lost.
\ distinct earthquake shock was felt at
jamestown, y. Y, at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. The shock lasted only mo-
ment, and seemed like an underground
explosion of great severity. In some
portions of the city women ran out of
their houses in alarm.
Friends of the Democratic internal
revenue officials who have been sudden
ly turned out of office by the consolida-
ton of certain districts in New England
are at a loss to understand the President :
motive. inasmuch as there will be very
little, if any, saving in the amount OF
salaries paid.
There was quite Il shock of earthquake
at Nogales, Arizona, Monday afternoon,
which created much excitement although
no damage was done. Ten minutes after
ward there was another very light shock
Sunday evening Il terrific dry cyclone
visited that place. 1t came from the
mountains on the east side of the town
and demolished II great many Mexican
huts and unroofed several other more
substantial buildings.